Golf, with the emergence of Tiger Woods, began a new era 25 years ago

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25 years have passed since the revolution in the world of golf came at the hands of what was then described as the new Messiah. On April 13, 1997, at Augusta National, home of the Masters, A new era of golf has begun. Tiger Woods come to stay on top. After delivering a 69 stroke card on the final day, he won his first Green Jacket, inaugurating the locker of grand slamwhich over the years has grown to fifteenOnly 3 from the record of Jack Nicklaus.

Tiger then collected all sorts of records — youngest winner and first black on record, bigger difference in second, fewer hits in round four, just to mention his most outstanding — only achievements—, and so on. his dominance, power and display of talent and strength, that the young star has generated debates about the need to change the design of the fields to combat his extraordinary superiority.

And more than one asked himself the million dollar question: Will he be able to win the ‘big four’ and capture Grand Siam? Yes, in the so -called ‘tiger slam’ or aggregate four ‘majors’ in a row in a calendar year (non -calendar): US Open 2000, British 2000, PGA 2000 and Masters 2001.

Capturing the coveted Green Jacket identifying the Masters champions, Tiger Woods made a deep impression on American society. A 21-year-old black man, the son of a former Vietnamese combatant and a Thai woman, has become the king of a traditional white sport.

“You always dream of a duel with Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Tom Watson or Jack Nicklaus … whichever is better. You dreamed of it or getting into the playoffs, but you didn’t expect to win the way I have, ”said that night of April 13, 1997, the new King Midas of golf, and who was starting to get pressured into what the Grand Slam was. “I think I can. I don’t know if I’m going to be the best player of all time, but I know I’m working to be the best”, he told reporters, including a server, with the privilege witness to American deeds.

The US media hailed “the coming of a legend”; the then president of the country, Bill Clinton, declared himself “conquered” by the black golfer. To his rivals there is no doubt. Concern lang. “If they don’t change course, he will win the next 20 Masters,” the Swede said. Jesper Parnevik. And they changed it (several times over the years), adding many more meters, rough, trees, etc, etc. Jack Nicklaus was full of praise: “He’s playing something different than everyone else, and the world of golf is going to be his. I don’t want to be 21 again and compete against him.”

The confessions of Tom Kite and Tom Watson They also baptize. Kite believes that “organizers should be concerned. They had a nice and tough field, but they found someone who threw it. But what will they do? They can’t make vegetables faster or put them in harder places. ”Watson has a very different view of the Woods phenomenon:“ Why are things harder for him? We are faced with one of the phenomena that only one appears every millennium. He was born a winner, to those who say ‘to hell with second place’. You get what you set out to do. ”

The master class of Ballesteros and Olazabal

Perhaps few know that in 1997 Masters Tiger Woods heeded the wise advice they gave him in a round of 9 hole training. Seve Ballesteros Y Txema Olazabalespecially the short game. Butch Harmon, was Tiger’s ‘coach’, almost forcing him to play those training holes with the two Spaniards, and I can attest that Tiger didn’t miss a single master class detail in the shots around the green offered to him , with no charge, to the former champions in Augusta, Seve and Txema. He asked them about everything, he attended the ‘spanish’ explanations in detail and finally, of course, he thanked the two of them for the ‘masterclass’.

Source: La Verdad

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